UNSPSC 41114646: Vicat needle tester

An essential tester that is designed to test the normal consistency of hydraulic cement and the coagulation time of the hydraulic cement. It is the tester that measures the normal consistency or coagulation time by applying the pressure on the plunger with the needle with certain weight on the cement paste.

UNSPSC 41114646 Vicat needle tester is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span laboratory testing services, equipment repair and maintenance, spectrophotometer procurement, oil analysis services, landscape architecture, sole-source technical support agreements, transit vehicle charger maintenance, construction materials testing, lab information management systems, electric meter test boards, water well drilling, fatigue testing equipment, and lock-in amplifiers. None of these solicitations involve Vicat needle testers or cement-setting apparatus. The code shows a pattern of misclassification in which state and local buyers have applied it to unrelated laboratory, testing, and analytical equipment procurements.

The issuing bodies span state health departments (Texas DSHS), county transportation authorities (Broward County, Harris County), municipal utilities (City of Tampa, Lubbock Power & Light, City of Ocala), county corrections (Marion County, Oregon), water utilities (City of Palm Bay), cities (Orlando, Waterford), universities (Texas A&M, Lamar), and county health departments (Santa Clara County). Recent opportunities with firm response dates include Marion County's ITB for laboratory testing and phlebotomy services (due July 24, 2026), Texas DSHS's IFB for laboratory equipment repair and maintenance at the South Texas Laboratory in Harlingen with historical annual values of $25,050 to $40,000 (due July 6, 2026), and Lubbock Power & Light's RFP for insulating oil testing laboratory services across approximately 20 substations (due July 22, 2026). Geographic activity centers on Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California, with scattered university procurement in Texas. Because this code is systematically misapplied to unrelated equipment and services rather than Vicat needle testing apparatus, the code should be considered inactive for its intended commodity and unsuitable for business development targeting based on recent state and local solicitation patterns.